memeorandum: Upset: Democrat flips NH House seat in 2-1 GOP district (John DiStaso/WMUR)

1:15 PM ET, September 27, 2017

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Mike Allen / Axios:

Trump, at war with everyone, mocks McCain, McConnell — In private, President Trump has taken to physically mocking M&M: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (slumped shoulders; lethargic body language) and Sen. John McCain (imitating the thumbs-down of his historic health-care vote).

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CNN:

Trump infuriated after backing Alabama loser — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Returning from a high-dollar fundraiser in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, an infuriated President Donald Trump watched aboard Air Force One as Fox News called the Alabama Senate primary for Roy Moore against Trump's favored candidate, Luther Strange.

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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:

How Roy Moore's Win Roils Republicans — Jonathan Bernstein's morning links. — There are three big reasons why Roy Moore's defeat of President Donald Trump-endorsed Senator Luther Strange in the Alabama Republican primary on Tuesday matters. — RIP, Trump's Magic: Sure …

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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:

Roy Moore's win is bad for Alabama, and even worse for the GOP — As a proud Alabaman, I'm walking today with my shoulders slumped. Roy Moore is the Republican nominee to be the next U.S. senator from my state, and he is likely to be elected in December. Moore is bad for Alabama and worse for the GOP.

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:

After Alabama, GOP anti-establishment wing declares all-out war in 2018 — Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore spoke Sunday at a campaign rally in Fairhope, Ala. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) — The stunning defeat of President Trump's chosen Senate candidate in Alabama on Tuesday amounted …

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Russell Goldman / New York Times:

Trump Deletes Tweets Supporting Luther Strange — After enthusiastically endorsing an Alabama senator's campaign for re-election, President Trump distanced himself on Tuesday night from the candidate's loss in the most Trumpian way possible: He deleted his supportive tweets.

Mike Allen / Axios:
Mitch McConnell's epic losing streak

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Jordan Gehrke:
Alabama Senate Memo: Return of the Civil War and the Fall of Mitch McConnell

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New York Times:
Roy Moore Wins Senate G.O.P. Runoff in Alabama

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mitch McConnell's dreadful day

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New York Times:
Alabama Election Results: Roy Moore Advances in Race for U.S. Senate Seat

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Josh Barro / Business Insider:

The ‘doubled standard deduction’ in the GOP tax plan is a lie — In selling their soon-to-be-released tax plan, Republicans have been leaning hard on what they say is a provision to cut and simplify taxes for the middle class: Doubling the standard deduction that income tax payers may take.

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Washington Post:

GOP tax document reveals plan for massive tax cuts, preserves key deductions — Republicans on Wednesday will propose slashing tax rates for the wealthy, middle class and businesses, while also preserving popular tax deductions that encourage buying homes and giving to charity …

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Here's the GOP tax plan

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Washington Post:
Read the complete Republican tax plan released Wednesday

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Dan Primack / Axios:
GOP tax plan cuts corporate interest deductibility

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Ashley Feinberg / Wired:

Jared Kushner Voted As a Woman, According to His Registration — SINCE MOVING INTO the White House months ago, Jared Kushner—senior advisor and son-in-law to the President, savior of the Middle East, and possible person of interest in a federal investigation—has amassed a rather extensive project portfolio.

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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:

Kushner registered to vote in New York as a female — Presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is registered as a female voter in New York, according to public records. — Registration records show that when Kushner, who is married to first daughter Ivanka Ivanka …

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Clarice Silber / Associated Press:

Famous fake news writer found dead outside Phoenix — https://apnews.com/dc0728173537459b9a1e 38009dd5c4b5 — Link copied! — PHOENIX (AP) — A leading purveyor of fake news in the 2016 presidential election has died outside Phoenix at the age of 38. — Maricopa County Sheriff's …

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Dialynn Dwyer / Boston Globe:

Michelle Obama: ‘Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice’ — Former First Lady Michelle Obama criticized women who voted for President Donald Trump during a wide-ranging conversation in Boston Wednesday that addressed life in the White House, her forthcoming book …

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Fake news writer in 2016 presidential election found dead

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Timothy Gardner / Reuters:

U.S. denies request for Puerto Rico shipping waiver — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying it would do nothing to address the island's main impediment to shipping, damaged ports.

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Wall Street Journal:
Second-Class Puerto Rico

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Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Pitbull sends private plane to Puerto Rico to bring cancer patients to U.S. for chemo

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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Pentagon: 44 percent of Puerto Ricans lack clean drinking water

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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Clinton pressed Trump to deploy hospital ship Comfort to Puerto Rico. Now it's preparing to go.

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John DiStaso / WMUR:

Upset: Democrat flips NH House seat in 2-1 GOP district — Kari Lerner of Chester defeats former Rep. James Headd of Auburn — CONCORD, N.H. — Democrat Kari Lerner of Chester pulled off a surprising upset win in a Rockingham County special New Hampshire House election Tuesday …

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David Smiley / miamiherald: Taddeo wins as Democrats pick up Florida Senate seat

NBC News:
Millennial Poll: Democrats Can't Take Their Vote for Granted

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Chris Kahn / Reuters:

A majority of adults disagree with Trump on firing athletes who kneel during anthem: Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans disagree with President Donald Trump's assertion that football players should be fired for kneeling during the national anthem …

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Paul Gackle / Mercury News:
Sharks' Ward, one of NHL's few black players, may kneel for anthem

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Julianna Goldman / CBS News:

3 Cabinet officials under fire for taking costly flights — WASHINGTON — For EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, June 7 was a busy day. — First, he had a trip to Cincinnati with President Trump. Then, he went on to New York's JFK Airport on an Air Force jet, leaving behind $350 commercial flights …

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Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
The Energy 202: Trump's hiring freeze shrunk National Weather Service staff before hurricanes hit

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Jemele Hill / The Undefeated:

Jemele Hill on doing the right thing — A lesson from her grandmother: Be better. No matter what. — I don't remember exactly how old I was, but let's just say I was 11. — I was spending the night at my grandmother's house with a couple of my close friends. And they had an idea.

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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:

Fire chief who called Mike Tomlin a ‘n**ger’ resigns — and blames the media for making him look racist — Washington County fire chief Paul Smith has resigned in wake of his use of a racial slur to refer to Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. — “The media dragged my fire company …

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Burgess Everett / Politico:

Corker: ‘Possible’ that Peyton Manning runs for Senate — It's “possible” but not necessarily likely that former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning will run for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat, retiring Sen. Bob Corker said Wednesday. — The outgoing GOP senator said he spoke with Manning …

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ESPN:

Source: Fans upset by protests can get Sunday Ticket refunds — DirecTV is offering unprecedented refunds for fans who want to cancel their NFL Sunday Ticket package, if they inform the company that they are doing so due to the recent protests during the national anthem, a source confirmed.

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Wall Street Journal:
DirecTV Allows Some NFL Refunds After Anthem Controversy

CBS News:

Rep. Steve Scalise on his road to recovery after being shot — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise speaks for the first time since being shot and nearly killed on a Virginia ballfield last June — This Sunday on 60 Minutes — Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La), the House Majority Whip who was shot …

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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:

Rolling Stone 's Sales Pitch to Investors: Go Monthly, Slash Editorial Budget, Pivot to Video — Jann Wenner and his millennial son capitulate to magazine reality. — Last week, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner put his iconic magazine on the market, a decision that represents …

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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:

Price's private-jet travels included visits with colleagues, lunch with son — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price took a government-funded private jet in August to get to St. Simons Island, an exclusive Georgia resort where he and his wife own land, a day and a half before he addressed …